What if my NMEA Listener does not have an isolated input or uses ground for the negative data connection?

What if my NMEA Listener does not have an isolated input or uses ground for the negative data connection?

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The NMEA 0183 specification, from version 2 (1996) onwards, requires a device’s Listener port to be isolated. Some NMEA 0183 devices however choose instead to follow version 1 of the specification which allowed for non-isolated inputs to be used.

The NBF-3 Talker/Output ports are all isolated so that an NMEA Listener (or other device) without an isolated input can be safely connected with no fear of ground-loop damage. Isolation is between every NBF-3 connection; power, Listener/Input port and all Talker/Output ports.